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Analytic Measures Engagement is inferred from activity. Student interaction with Online systems leaves an “exhaust trail” of their activity Learning Analytics is not a statistical sample, it is all the data for all learners Questions: What patterns to look for? How to interpret them?

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How to start: Analytics for online & blended learning? Measuring something is the first step “Better to measure something than to measure nothing” (Scrivens) Need more data than just page hits. We also need to ask learners about their experience, what worked, what needs improvement.

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If Analytics, Then What? If analytics show students are failing, is there a moral obligation to help them? If analytics show a course has weaknesses, is there a business obligation to fix it? If analytics reveal weak instruction, who is responsible to intervene? If analytics are inaccurate, who fixes them? What about privacy & ethics? Who owns the data? Who has the right to see it?

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The Analytics Box? joannaparypinski.com

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Learning Analytics: On the Way to Smart(er) Education Dr. Griff Richards Athabasca University Moscow, 08 October 2012